Home / Library / Le Pesant de Boisguilbert, Pierre Le Pesant de Boisguilbert, Pierre 1646 - 1714 French jurist and economist who exposed the ruin wrought by Colbertist taxation and mercantilist controls, arguing that wealth flows from free production and exchange, not from the hoarding of gold Read more on Grokipedia Read more on Wikipedia Topics history Early Economics import_export Free Trade payments Taxation work Political Economy school French Liberal School Books Le Détail de la France (1695) Quotes Wealth Is Not Money Photos Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Santerre, oil on canvas, c. 1700 Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651–1717) · Public domain
